Address search Ho Chi Minh City

[lurkin]

Where To->Addresses->Spell Country->Cancel->Vietnam->Search All Cities->House number = 1->Next->Cancel->12b->Map

Exactly here is the problem as Ryo described; house numbering system only partially implemented (very difficult in Asia).
Addresses in Asia can't be compared in any way with the European address system.
Major intersection or search via known POI's is far more helpful.

Enter->Enter again->Options->Save to my locations

The location is now saved as "Point". Now go to the start menu again:

Tools->Manage my data->My locations->Point->Enter->Change name

Change the name to something sensible and you now have a shortcut to your city. Next time you want to browse your city, go to the main menu and then:

Where to->My locations->Ho Chi Minh->Map

But I still can't do any routings other then from my real GPS location or last known real GPS location. I tried changing my location like Lurkin suggested but all I can do is change the waypoint "my location" but that doesn't make a difference. So I need to find a way to trick XT into thinking I am somewhere else. I really like that from-to routing feature of TomTom. You can use it to calculate how long a hypothetical journey will be. Too bad we have to find a workaround for this with Garmin.

I am not an expert with the Garmin XT, I got it on my 2 phones more or less as a backup.
What I described as a possible solution is taken from my Garmin Nuvi where one is able to set the unit into a simulation mode (GPS signal disabled) to perform the search or to simulate routing.
I have to try if this is possible with Garmin XT; never tried that before.

Many users have reported the user friendliness of the Tom Tom units, however the major disadvantage is their map coverage and no way to implement 3rd party maps.
Thanks

[lurkin]

On the "Send to device" dialog there are 4 options:
-Maps
-Waypoints
-Routes
-Tracks

-Maps is selected, the rest is grayed out. If I de-select Maps, the Send button is disabled. Is that the feature you meant? But the map should be routable because it is routable in Mapsource. It is just that I can't check it because I am not physically there and I can't fool the GPS either. Not on the Nokia at least.

Detailed description how to upload maps from Mapsource onto the GPS unit is here: [Dear Guest/Member you can't see link before replyclick here to register].

The map is routable in Mapsource and given you managed to upload all 8 map tiles onto your GPSr it will also be routable on the unit itself.

It is still questionable if Garmin XT can be set into the "simulation mode" as I described in the other post with my Nuvi experience which will allow you to perform an "offline" search.

Thanks

[schouten_tjeerd]

Yeah, that gps simulation mode would be really handy. Bud I don't think it is supported in XT. I found a reference in the Nokia API section which you can use to implement this. I'll look into this.

Thanks Alan, I'll let you know when I get there.

Tj

[lurkin]

Yeah, that gps simulation mode would be really handy. Bud I don't think it is supported in XT. I found a reference in the Nokia API section which you can use to implement this. I'll look into this.

Thanks Alan, I'll let you know when I get there.

Tj

Some news about the search option.....

1. Start Garmin XT
2. On the main screen tap "Where to?"
3. In the lower bar select "Near"
4. On the next screen, lower bar again, select "Near other"
5. Now you will be offered 2 options
   - Spell city
   - Browse map

But I still haven't figured out how to turn off the GPS necessary to reposition the pointer to another country.

You might try to "Spell city" and punch in Ho Chi Minh City assumed your Vietnam map is set to active.

Hope that helps
Thanks

Additional information:
Just came across this website: [Dear Guest/Member you can't see link before replyclick here to register]
which offers a pretty comprehensive manual for the Garmin XT use on Nokia phones.

[schouten_tjeerd]

Thanks. The "Near other" function does indeed work. I am in HCMC now and the map is perfectly routable. The 3d mode is very slow though on my Nokia E65. But it will suffice as an anti-getting-lost machine. It probably won't work on a motorbike anyway because of the low luminescence of the screen. And I already used it to show the taxi driver where to go
Thanks for your help.

Tj

[yamapi]

I just got a Gamin nuvi 1390T ... and i'm trying to find out how to search for an intersection in ho chi minh city.

i enable gps simulation

select ho chi minh city, vreg as my location

where to?

address

"select city in vietnam" -> search all

"enter house number" -> leave blank

"enter street" -> if i enter the first letter of the street and it will give me a list of street names beginning with that letter ... some list are very long, like "h" and takes a long time to browse through all the entries to find the street i want

if i enter more than one letter for the street name, it doesn't find any matches


if I search POIs then I can enter something like "tan" and will get a list "tan dinh (church), metropolitan, tan son nh int departure .... etc "


Is this the best i can do? or is there a way to search for street names more specifically, like when i search for POIs?


thanks

[Ryo]

Hi yamapi,

Thanks for the feedback. The operation you are doing seems to be correct. I don't have NUVI but on my little ETrex Vista HCx, I can enter the second or third letter for street name to narrow it down. I don't know if it is nuvi 1390T issue or not. Does anybody else has same issue on nuvi?

Ryo

[lurkin]

I just got a Gamin nuvi 1390T ... and i'm trying to find out how to search for an intersection in ho chi minh city.

i enable gps simulation

select ho chi minh city, vreg as my location

where to?

address

"select city in vietnam" -> search all

"enter house number" -> leave blank

"enter street" -> if i enter the first letter of the street and it will give me a list of street names beginning with that letter ... some list are very long, like "h" and takes a long time to browse through all the entries to find the street i want

if i enter more than one letter for the street name, it doesn't find any matches


if I search POIs then I can enter something like "tan" and will get a list "tan dinh (church), metropolitan, tan son nh int departure .... etc "


Is this the best i can do? or is there a way to search for street names more specifically, like when i search for POIs?


thanks

I got a Nuvi 1490 which is more or less the same as yours.
Mine does show the selection of roads as per your example.

Do you run the latest firmware? Read here: [Dear Guest/Member you can't see link before replyclick here to register]

[yamapi]

thanks for the feedback. I guess the problem is with the nuvi ... atleast it's better than going through the whole list of street names from the begenning ...

thanks